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A rational blueprint for the design of chemically-controlled protein switches

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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25735-9

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  1. Swiss National Science Foundation
  2. National Center of Competence for Molecular Systems Engineering
  3. National Center of Competence in Chemical Biology
  4. European Research Council [716058]
  5. Swiss Cancer League
  6. H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie action
  7. Biltema foundation
  8. ISREC foundation
  9. European Research Council (ERC) [716058] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)

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Small-molecule responsive protein switches are crucial for controlling synthetic cellular activities. A computational protein design strategy was presented to repurpose drug-inhibited protein-protein interactions into OFF- and ON-switches active in cells.
Small-molecule responsive protein switches are crucial components to control synthetic cellular activities. However, the repertoire of small-molecule protein switches is insufficient for many applications, including those in the translational spaces, where properties such as safety, immunogenicity, drug half-life, and drug side-effects are critical. Here, we present a computational protein design strategy to repurpose drug-inhibited protein-protein interactions as OFF- and ON-switches. The designed binders and drug-receptors form chemically-disruptable heterodimers (CDH) which dissociate in the presence of small molecules. To design ON-switches, we converted the CDHs into a multi-domain architecture which we refer to as activation by inhibitor release switches (AIR) that incorporate a rationally designed drug-insensitive receptor protein. CDHs and AIRs showed excellent performance as drug responsive switches to control combinations of synthetic circuits in mammalian cells. This approach effectively expands the chemical space and logic responses in living cells and provides a blueprint to develop new ON- and OFF-switches. Small-molecule responsive protein switches are crucial components to control synthetic cellular activities. Here, we present a computational protein design strategy to repurpose drug-inhibited protein-protein interactions into OFF- and ON-switches active in cells.

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